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Jennifer L. Jenkins is Associate Professor of German and European History at the University of Toronto. She is the author of Weltpolitik on the Persian Frontier: Germany and Iran in the Age of Empire about German-Iranian relations from the Crimean War to Operation Barbarossa.

Amir Ahmadi Arian is an Iranian writer and translator. He has published a collection of stories, Fragments of a Crime in 2005, and his novel, The Cogwheels, published in 2009, was shortlisted for Golshiri award. His translation work includes novels by Paul Auster, Cormac Mccarthy, E.L. Doctorow, and P.D James into Persian.

Professor Bahram Beyzaie will be joined by the actors from his newest play, Tarabnameh, for a panel discussion open to the public. They will be discussing Tarabnameh and will be happy to answer any questions you might have.
Event will be in Persian.

Sohrab Kashani is an interdisciplinary artist and an independent curator based in Tehran. He has exhibited and held talks at numerous acclaimed institutions, universities, and museums worldwide. Sohrab is the founder and director of Sazmanab, an artist collective based in Tehran and on the internet.

A play written and directed by Bahram Beyzaie
A hadji sets out to sell his servant and buy in his place a young slave girl. On the way, they see a poet about to be beheaded; a young lover in search of a purloined beloved; and troubadours, their profession banned, desperate to bring joy and laughter to any face. In short, the world they see is all topsy-turvy.
Tarabnameh has its genealogy in the tradition of Takhte-Hozi plays—a tradition of ...

Frontiers of Science Interdisciplinary Project Presents:
“Evolution of Goodness: Empathy in Animals and Humans”
A lecture by Frans B.M de Waal
Does morality come from God, as many religions believe, offering a foundation of theocracy, or could there be biological explanations that have more to do with evolution than Divine design? In this lecture, De Waal will discuss the sense of fairness in animals and will review expressions of empathy in ...

Written and Directed by Nasser Rahmaninejad
Nasser Rahmaninejad is a prominent director and playwright from Iran. His new play, Between the Grave and the Moon: Chronicle of a Poet's Death, recounts the last days of the Iranian poet Mohammad Mokhtari before he was murdered by the Islamic Republic of Iran's agents. This theatrical monologue is an effort to resurrect the voice of the poet to describe his own last days.
*Play is in Persian

Behdad Aminzadeh is a lead Research Scientist at Chevron Energy Technology Company. Pooya Azadi is a Senior Research Associate at MIT, and co-founder of WeViro – a startup company for promoting action against climate change. Dr. Aminzadeh and Dr. Azadi will be discussing a statistical comparative study of the Iranian diaspora scientific community and a preliminary inquiry into their possible role in Iran’s future development. Particular ...

Acclaimed Iranian playwright Bahram Beyzaie will be discussing his upcoming play "Tarabnameh," sponsored by the Iranian Studies Program and the Stanford Festival of Iranian Arts. The play will be performed at the end of March. More information forthcoming.
Bahram Beyzaie is one of Iran's most acclaimed filmmakers, playwrights, and scholars of the history of Iranian theater, both secular and religious. He was a leader of the generation of ...

A Portrait of Houshang Golshiri in Texts, Contexts, Manuscripts and Fragments:
A Conference to celebrate the launch of the Golshiri Archive at Stanford
The Iranian Studies Program and Stanford University's Green Library are happy to announce the arrival of the Houshang Golshiri papers at Stanford. To celebrate this unique collection and to inquire into the literary legacy of Houshang Golshiri, arguably the most important Iranian modernist ...